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Date: 20071125
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In the preface to my 1891 edition of Cranford, Anne, the daughter of William Makepeace Thackeray, describes Mrs Gaskell as "a very beautiful woman". Where did you get the idea that she "was no beauty"? (Profile, November 18).

Derek J Coppins

Framley Green, Surrey

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